Clifford Bob

Clifford Bob is an author and professor at Duquesne University in Pittsburgh. He studies and teaches about human rights, activism, foreign policy, and globalization. In an earlier incarnation, he worked as a lawyer at a New York City law firm. Today, he enjoys traveling, international cooking, and biking - preferably with his lovely wife, Joan, and grown children, Alex and Natalie.

His latest book, The Global Right Wing, was published by Cambridge University Press in 2012. An earlier book, The Marketing of Rebellion, won several awards and was featured on National Public Radio's Weekend Edition with Scott Simon.

He has published widely in political science, sociology, law, and policy, including a controversial 2002 cover article in Foreign Policy magazine. His opinion articles have appeared in newspapers such as the Los Angeles Times, International Herald Tribune, South China Morning Post (Hong Kong), Daily Mail (Islamabad), Sidney Morning Herald (Australia), Times-Picayune (New Orleans), and Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. He blogs at Duck of Minerva.

As "The Title Doctor," he helps fellow scholars invent vivid titles for their books and articles. Try him!